Why is always a Samurai sword with the naked guys? You never hear about a naked guy with Claymore, or even a Bastard Sword. If I ever lose and run about the streets naked, I am taking a battle axe! People will remember me if I have a battle axe.

Ennuipoet:Why is always a Samurai sword with the naked guys? You never hear about a naked guy with Claymore, or even a Bastard Sword. If I ever lose and run about the streets naked, I am taking a battle axe! People will remember me if I have a battle axe.

Two-handed weapons are such a biatch in a situation like that, though. And I doubt that the guy had the feat required to use a bastard sword one handed.

Ennuipoet:Why is always a Samurai sword with the naked guys? You never hear about a naked guy with Claymore, or even a Bastard Sword. If I ever lose and run about the streets naked, I am taking a battle axe! People will remember me if I have a battle axe.

DesktopHippie:demaL-demaL-yeH: When you ban the open carry of rifles in California, the nutcases start to carry swords.

/Wait. I'm OK with that: Bullets are harder to outrun.

Can't say for certain, but I'd be shocked if it's legal to carry a sword in public there either.

Years ago, there was an exception for "martial arts" swords, to allow for carrying them to and from class or something. Not sure if that's still the case. It might just fall under the general knife laws, which mostly say open carry of any fixed blade is legal.

Ennuipoet:Why is always a Samurai sword with the naked guys? You never hear about a naked guy with Claymore, or even a Bastard Sword. If I ever lose and run about the streets naked, I am taking a battle axe! People will remember me if I have a battle axe.

Zavulon:DesktopHippie: demaL-demaL-yeH: When you ban the open carry of rifles in California, the nutcases start to carry swords.

/Wait. I'm OK with that: Bullets are harder to outrun.

Can't say for certain, but I'd be shocked if it's legal to carry a sword in public there either.

Years ago, there was an exception for "martial arts" swords, to allow for carrying them to and from class or something. Not sure if that's still the case. It might just fall under the general knife laws, which mostly say open carry of any fixed blade is legal.

I guess it has to do with how easy it is to sneak up on someone with your chosen weapon. You know, because a handgun or knife can be kept in a pocket or whatever till it's time for the criminal to strike; whereas it's much harder to conceal your intentions strolling down the boulevard with a 14-foot sarissa over your shoulder. And while it's true that a rocket launcher does much more damage than, say, even a Glock; one would HOPE that someone hauling an RPG around the average suburb would be spotted right away and stopped. Or perhaps not.

Why carriers of edged weapons have to be naked nowadays is anyone's guess.

Zavulon:Years ago, there was an exception for "martial arts" swords, to allow for carrying them to and from class or something. Not sure if that's still the case. It might just fall under the general knife laws, which mostly say open carry of any fixed blade is legal.

Not sure about other places but California pretty much outlaws carrying any weapon that isn't a gun. As friend said, if you're going to carry a concealed weapon, carry a pistol, because it's a simple misdemeanor.

Ennuipoet:Why is always a Samurai sword with the naked guys? You never hear about a naked guy with Claymore, or even a Bastard Sword. If I ever lose and run about the streets naked, I am taking a battle axe! People will remember me if I have a battle axe.

Samurai swords are light, cheap and its easier to name the flea markets that don't carry them then ones that do.

Ronin_S:Ennuipoet: Why is always a Samurai sword with the naked guys? You never hear about a naked guy with Claymore, or even a Bastard Sword. If I ever lose and run about the streets naked, I am taking a battle axe! People will remember me if I have a battle axe.

Samurai swords are light, cheap and its easier to name the flea markets that don't carry them then ones that do.

Obscure polearms also seem to be neglected in the things-frequently-wielded-by-naked-folk category.

Nuclear Monk:Ronin_S: Ennuipoet: Why is always a Samurai sword with the naked guys? You never hear about a naked guy with Claymore, or even a Bastard Sword. If I ever lose and run about the streets naked, I am taking a battle axe! People will remember me if I have a battle axe.

Samurai swords are light, cheap and its easier to name the flea markets that don't carry them then ones that do.

Obscure polearms also seem to be neglected in the things-frequently-wielded-by-naked-folk category.

True. You don't have many stories involving a naked loonie wielding a bec-de-corbin or glave-guissarme these days.

I'm sorry, I guess I would make a terrible cop. I see a naked, sword-weidling man who is driving around with an AR 15 or whatever it is, I'm not going to get involved in an hours-long stand off. I'd take the guy out. Might aim for the knees and see what happens, but I couldn't stand there for two hours watching the guy jibber and cavort like he has half a working brain.

bigstoopidbruce:I'm sorry, I guess I would make a terrible cop. I see a naked, sword-weidling man who is driving around with an AR 15 or whatever it is, I'm not going to get involved in an hours-long stand off. I'd take the guy out. Might aim for the knees and see what happens, but I couldn't stand there for two hours watching the guy jibber and cavort like he has half a working brain.

Paperwork. Too much paperwork to shoot an obvious nutcase who asked to be shot.

bigstoopidbruce:I'm sorry, I guess I would make a terrible cop. I see a naked, sword-weidling man who is driving around with an AR 15 or whatever it is, I'm not going to get involved in an hours-long stand off. I'd take the guy out. Might aim for the knees and see what happens, but I couldn't stand there for two hours watching the guy jibber and cavort like he has half a working brain.

Why not? Dude, that's going to be the funniest thing you're going to see all week!

Gyrfalcon:Zavulon: DesktopHippie: demaL-demaL-yeH: When you ban the open carry of rifles in California, the nutcases start to carry swords.

/Wait. I'm OK with that: Bullets are harder to outrun.

Can't say for certain, but I'd be shocked if it's legal to carry a sword in public there either.

Years ago, there was an exception for "martial arts" swords, to allow for carrying them to and from class or something. Not sure if that's still the case. It might just fall under the general knife laws, which mostly say open carry of any fixed blade is legal.

I guess it has to do with how easy it is to sneak up on someone with your chosen weapon. You know, because a handgun or knife can be kept in a pocket or whatever till it's time for the criminal to strike; whereas it's much harder to conceal your intentions strolling down the boulevard with a 14-foot sarissa over your shoulder. And while it's true that a rocket launcher does much more damage than, say, even a Glock; one would HOPE that someone hauling an RPG around the average suburb would be spotted right away and stopped. Or perhaps not.

Why carriers of edged weapons have to be naked nowadays is anyone's guess.

Yeah, that's kinda how it works in Ireland. A lot of gun and blade types are either illegal to carry in the open or banned outright, but we kept the stuff that's useful or stupidly difficult to conceal. Makes it easier for the police to focus on the people who are actually breaking the law. It's the same in the UK. They banned a bunch of semi-autos and high calibre guns after some guy in Hungerford wiped out a bunch of his neighbours, and then handguns after some guy in Dublane killed most of a classroom of kids, but they didn't bother banning shotguns after some guy in Cumbria shot 12 people with one because they figured all reasonable precautions had already been taken in terms of gun types available. They're focusing instead on extending the checks on gun owners they put in after Dublane - particularly making doctors aware if their patients are gun owners so they can altert the authorities if someone they're treating is suicidal. Last I checked, they hadn't sorted out the ins and outs of it though. There are a hell of a lot of privacy and data protection issues to consider.